Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-19
LOVES LABOR WON.
IContinmed from Fourth Pnae. !

that-but HiSlaT cautious of YOU with
her, A storm is brewing in Burmsh, and l
hear that ours will be about the first corps
detailed for service; but il will only be "a
fash in the PAM SIS our fathers used to
say. Ia day or two | am goifs with
Musgrsve of the Hussars, to visit en- old
relation OF his somewhere in the country
| understand your Uncle Grimshaw has
shifted his camp 10 new quarter. Let
ne know where, when you write me 10
the 'Roy, and your letter will be for
warded.'
MeIanie kissed his letter ere she finally
consigned it to the bosom Of her dress;
but she could not then foresee how much
trouble this shifting of her uncle's
Camp" as Montague phrased it, would
bring about,
Auat Chillington, her warnings and
threats-even her callous remark about
the heitless Reggie, were forgotten for 6
time ,As the train sped on and on, and the
girl sM foDdly dreaming of her lover,
witlher eyes Of dark grey blue halt
clos4a; Of the time when her cheek last
resNd on his breast, and his protecting
! sAras was round her-hsppy, content with
showing that she belonged TO him, and
that ne belonged to her-that in the future
they must be always together; glad to be
assured thai his handsome dark eyes
would never smile on another as they
| smiled on her-glsd to think That no other
woman would ever Caress his hair, or her
! lips be touched by those that belonged to
her, Melsnie Talbot.
Poor as the home was TO which she
was going, she felt that, in some re-
! spects, it might be kind CT O relief after
oil she had undergone in London and at
| Chillington Park.
/ All the pleasure and luxury, with which
! she mad been purposely surrounded,
/ had q reverse side to the picture they
presented. All day long She had been
compelled to study Aunt Cbillington, who
never thought Of any one but
herself; to attend to her Whims
and csprices, her wishes and wants,
which often drove poor little
| Clcchette wild. She was ever ordering
things, not because she required, but
fancied them; spending money in pro-
fusion, without considering for what:
sending from her table the most recherche
dishes, the most expensive fruits, and
even wines, on pretexts the most silly :;
and needless of the thought tha5 even
the CRUMBS from her table would have
supplied the desperate wants of many.
She was g Sybarite, VINO knew nothing
of the times Of the poor and needy, and
! eYideIuy thought that all the world
should drink from rare Bohemien crystal,
eat Off plate or Dresden china, Wear
! priceless Jewels, the soitest Of linen, the
iriGhest OF lace, of satin, Of silk, and
velvet.
Verify the lines of her life had fallen in
soft places!
"What strange world it is" thought
Melanie, IS she Contrasted her eUnt's
fortune and heart with her own, and
those Of others who were deer TO her
"What o mystery and worry! Does
everything 90 BY the rule Of contrary"
Me,anie thought how much her Aunt
ChilIington, with all her wealth, could dc
and might nave done, TO relieve Uncle
Grimshaw CT his grudgingly borne bur
den, and 10 further the prospects Ct then
orphan niece and nephews; and yet she
did nothing beyond bringing her, Me-
LAME, forwsrd once, in the hope that hei
undoubted beauty might raise her Q rich
perhaps titled marriage, and take her Of
their hands for life.
~ 81 ought TO be grateful, i suppose
thought Melsnie; "but l SIN not"
barely sufficient for all-nOthing more
and left no margin, beyond yearly eX-
penses, for indulging in visits to London
Brighton or Scarborough, where "eligi
bles" were supposed TO be found; aIG
thus, till the Invitation referred to, in
which Melane met her 'Gate," she haG
only shOne in the limited circle OF vii
lage, not far from the "Three Shires
Stone"
If he-naturally cold and selfish MAJ
thought about her real interests st all
it was only when ne dreamed of the time
when her beauty should procure her s
rich marriage Of any kind and bring t
her (and to himself too, if possiole) thu
: only thing be cared for in this void
! money.
Thus, on going to Chillington Park
Melanie vowed that, if opportunity wert
given, no childish visions of love, III
: dreams of romance should come between
:, her and riches, could she win them Sh
:, had known so much Of compare
tive poverty, with its deprivations
numilistions snd attendant curses. Ant
yet, IN that vow, she hai
8 belied her genuine and her gen
. erous nature; tor in the society to whicl
! her aunt introduced her, she had met on
! whom-a3 We have showE-she preferred
: to all the wealth and position Sir Brisct
: Braybrooke was ready to Icy at her feet
. The past family history of Melaaie wa
rather sad one.
Her father, brave otflcer,of tha BengG
, Infantry, had fallen into wretct&d an
disastrous conflict of the Bhotan Var, 8
the stormipg OF a hill-fort, on the sHeR
slopes of the Himalayas. And her mdthes
: young and delicate, did not eurviye hi
: death many months, and left Melapie wit
: two brothers 10 the care on thei
: bachelor uncle, Mr.. Gideon GNfnshaW
VINO had been 'somethingF in sthe city
+ but was now retired FROM BUSINESS; s
y Charge and Birchin Lane knew him n
. more, and he vegetated on slender mean
q in 9 village Of 0Xfordshire, after man
o and serious losses.
o Money that had accrued to the orphan
\ not much certainly-had been unWisel
\ invested by Mr.. Grimshaw in col
4 mine that, as is too often the case, ha
y no gold in it thus the money slippe
G. through his fingers, and he kept hi
: thumb upon that part Of the family his
n tory.
To more unwilling hands they coul
o scarcely have been trusted by their wild
owed mother, and he had received theI
then, if not upgraciously, al lessJ Withou
4: warmth end without affection.
: He was confirmed and Grumpy" oil
e bachelor, and abhorred all change or il